When to Use a Rear Tine Tiller and Why

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Do you have a lawn that needs reseeding, or maybe, you have a garden that you need to get ready for planting your vegetables? If you answered yes to one of these questions, chances are you need to use a Rear Tine Tiller to get your job done. As you continue reading this article, you will uncover useful tips and tricks on how to select and use a heavy-duty tiller.

What is a Rear Tine Tiller?

A heavy-duty gardening tool, a rear tine tiller is made up of, a gasoline engine rated anywhere from five horsepower on the smallest models, to eight and even eleven horsepower on the largest models. Used by homeowners in their vegetable gardens, and the professional landscapers to work compost materials into large plant beds. A heavy-duty tilling attachment, mounted behind the engine using a heavy-duty transmission, which supplies power to both the digging tines and drive wheel assembly. The heavy-duty all metal gear transmissions provide a range of speeds and durability that enable the homeowner or landscaper to select a slower speed for the difficult jobs, or a faster speed for the less demanding jobs. It is important to mention, the tilling tines rotate at a very high speed, around eight-hundred rotations a minute, which provides better soil preparations. The tine speeds are constant as related to the engine speed, the different speeds provided by the transmission effects the wheel speed and direction only. A versatile gardening tool, as a landscaping and gardeners tool a tiller needs to be adapt at a variety of tasks. Tilling hard compacted soils, like those encountered by a landscaper, when renovating a tired ugly yard that is more weeds than turf grasses, or installing new planting beds that need to have organic materials like compost and manure mixed in with the new top soil. The home gardeners also realize the benefits of a good rear tine tiller and its versatility. The high-end tiller manufactures, realize providing a host of dependable attachments for the larger tillers is a win win for everyone. 18-inch tiller attachments are good for tilling between the rows of corn and green beans. A 26-inch tiller attachment covers more ground in fewer passes in large gardens. Snow blower attachments make a great feature for a high-en rear tine tiller making it a multi season workhorse. With a rotary brush mowing attachment, a rear tine tiller is more than capable of handling a wide array of tasks any time of the year.